- Excellent for making tea
- Attracts bees and other beneficial insects
- Cheerful, daisy like flowers
- Very ornamental
- Easy to grow
Grow yourself a cup of relaxation! Chamomile tea has long been used to produce a calming effect and reduce inflammation. This easy-to-grow, versatile herb has other benefits too. It's a pollinator magnet, luring honey bees, ladybugs, hoverflies and beneficial wasps to its cheerful, daisylike flowers. The abundance of flowers, with their bright yellow centers and delicate white petals, also makes German Chamomile a very ornamental plant that fits well into perennial flowerbeds, herb gardens and containers. Growing 12-24 in. tall, it has light green stems, sometimes with purple hues, and feathery leaves. Its fruity scent has hints of apple and sweet tobacco undertones. 42-70 DAYS.